Overview
‘Colin was a friend of mine. He drank too much. And underneath it all was a raging thirst. A thirst for love, for forgiveness, for approval.’
Listen as Noel Due shares stories that offer hope to quench those thirsts.
Podcast
Living Water
10 Min.
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Messages of Hope Podcast
‘Colin was a friend of mine. He drank too much. And underneath it all was a raging thirst. A thirst for love, for forgiveness, for approval.’
Are you thirsty? Are you thirsting for love, forgiveness and approval? Trying to quench those thirsts can be difficult but there is a way. Listen as Noel Due shares stories that offer hope to quench those thirsts.
Key Takeaways
- We all experience a deep spiritual thirst – Beyond physical thirst, humans hunger for love, forgiveness, meaning, and worth, just like Colin and the woman at the well.
- We often try to satisfy our thirst in the wrong places – Whether through addiction, relationships, achievement, or distraction, the “wells” we turn to end up dry.
- Addiction reveals a deeper inner emptiness – Colin’s alcoholism wasn’t just physical; it came from a raging inner thirst for acceptance and healing that alcohol could never satisfy.
- Jesus offers “living water” that truly satisfies – Like the Samaritan woman, Jesus invites us to drink from his life, giving water that quenches the deepest thirst of the soul.
- Jesus fully understands our thirst – He experienced extreme physical thirst on the cross, but even more devastating was the spiritual thirst of being cut off from God.
- The cross is where Jesus enters our wasteland – He stepped into the “dust bowl” of our brokenness, sitting in our ashes and carrying our spiritual dehydration.
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